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1 The City of Warsaw

2 GROW WITH POLAND 38.4 MLN 4.5% 25 years 8 th largest 10th Inhabitants 6 th in EU GDP growth forecast in 2018 without recession economy in EU most attractive destination for international students Home to a dynamic & highly educated labor force The only such country in the EU One of to 25 economies worldwide Sources: GUS, S&P, PAIH, NBP, World Bank, study.eu

3 GROW WITH POLAND Solid credit ratings Fast growing economy GDP in current prices (1000 bln PLN) A- STABLE A2 STABLE 1,19 1,29 1,37 1,45 1,57 CAGR 5,1% 1,63 1,66 1,72 1,80 1,85 1,93 BBB+ STABLE No. 2 No. 1 EY European FDI attractiveness survey 2017 by job creation number of FDI projects in shared services centers in Europe Sources: NBP, EY

4 GROW WITH WARSAW LEADER IN THE CEE GDP per capita [EUR] Population (city) Number of students Warsaw 31,300 1,740, ,000 Prague 30,000 1,267, ,000 Budapest 22,100 1,759, ,000 Bratislava 34, ,000 75,000 Bucharest 19,600 1,844, ,000 No. 1 No. 3 fdi s Polish City of the Future 2017/2018 fdi Major European Cities of the Future 2018/19 Business Friendliness Source: Skanska CEE Investment report 2017, PORF, Deloitte, Financial Times

5 GROW WITH WARSAW, POLAND S CAPITAL Join 80 Fortune 500 global firms which have already invested in Warsaw Highly-skilled employees Labor cost efficiency Home of Entrepreneurship Availability of modern office space Location in heart of Europe Reliable public transport

6 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to HIGHLY-SKILLED EMPLOYEES 2.6 MLN inhabitants in Warsaw metropolitan area OVER 40% Warsaw inhabitants speak English and nearly 20% speak at least two foreign languages 1.6 MLN working age population in Warsaw metropolitan area Percentage of BSC using the following foreign languages English 86% German 53% 81% foreign investors consider employee competence in Poland as attractive Italian French 29% 29% Spanish 25% Source: GUS, EY Investment attractiveness survey 2017, Randstad, ABSL 2017

7 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to HIGHLY-SKILLED EMPLOYEES OVER 58,000 graduates entered the labor market in Warsaw in 2017, including most needed professions 246,000 Total number of students in academic year 2017/2018, including: 42,000 students of technical universities 41,000 students of economics universities High absorption of young population from other agglomerations Source: MNiSW, PORF, GUS

8 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to WARSAW TALENT POOL Perspektywy University Ranking No. 1 Economic Universities in Poland Tech Universities in Poland 55 Private universities 15 Public universities 94% Students in Warsaw speak English Number of potential BSC employees speaking: Number of students in chosen fields: German French Spanish Information and communication technologies Language studies Tech engineering Business and administration Source: Perspektywy 2017, Premium Brand 2017, ABSL, GUS, Hays

9 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to WARSAW TALENT POOL 31k Number of registered foreign citizens living in Warsaw 16.6k Foreign students Registered foreign born residents by country of origin Number of foreign students studying in Warsaw Ukraine; University of Warsaw Warsaw University of Technology Hungary ; 247 Romania ; 299 Slovakia ; 151 Greece; 99 Czech Republic; 214 Sweden ; 373 USA; 352 Turkey; 595 India; 1152 Other; 5584 Warsaw School of Economics 1065 Spain; 421 Italy; 561 University of Social Sciences and Humanities 1119 United Kingdom; 657 Germany; 658 China; 922 Vietnam; 3308 Source: GUS 2016, City of Warsaw France; 892 Russia; 1683 Belarus; 2453

10 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to LABOR COST EFFICIENCY Warsaw offers competitive labor force average salaries, thousand EUR per annum 74% 65,0 62,5 75,4 65,0 68,0 foreign investors 44,0 40,0 47,0 47,5 37,5 37,5 42,0 38,0 consider wages in Poland attractive 18,0 22,0 18,5 F&A: Accounting Banking: Analysis HR: Payroll IT: Software development Warsaw London Dublin Frankfurt Source: EY Investment attractiveness survey 2017, PORF

11 GROW with WARSAW START-UPS No. 22 Poland in global Bloomberg Innovation index No. 1 in CEE region 1 in 4 Polish start-ups chose Warsaw to locate their headquarters More than 920 entities carry out R&D activity in Warsaw. 62 research institutes operate in the city. Warsaw is a global hub in video game development. Source: City of Warsaw

12 GROW along with WARSAW S OFFICE MARKET ALMOST 5,3 MLN sqm of total office stock in Warsaw (49% is A-class) Office supply in Warsaw (mln sqm) 800,000 sqm offices under construction 391,000 sqm absorption in ,1 4,4 4,7 5,0 5, % 5.0% asking rents per sqm per month vacancy rate prime office yields Source: PORF

13 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to CENTRAL LOCATION Flight time from major cities in Europe and around the World to Warsaw New York 9:00h Los Angeles 14:10h 8 km distance Los Angeles 12:30h and 16 minutes Oslo 1:55h Moscow 1:55h Stokholm 1:40h London 2:05h Berlin 1:25h Paris 2:25h Astana 5:00h Beijing 9:10h Seoul 9:40h Tokyo 10:30h travel time to airport from Warsaw city centre Madrid 3:20h Istanbul 2:15h over 200 destinations

14 GROW WITH WARSAW thanks to RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Warsaw has 2nd largest percentage of public transport share of trips among European capitals (EMTA, 2016) 2 metro lines and 4 rapid urban railway lines 25 tram lines with over 410 trams 292 bus lines, some 1,400 buses city bike system with nearly 6,000 bikes, 40% increase in traffic in last 2 years 2.5+ bln To be spent on modernizing means of transport & infrastructure in the years Source: City of Warsaw

15 GROW with WARSAW thanks to HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE 93% have positive opinion about life in Warsaw Warsaw is 7th safest capital city in Europe; 8th worldwide Green areas make up 40% of the city Over 4,000 restaurants 115 museums and galleries, 47 theaters, 31 cinemas 530 kilometers of bicycle paths 6 public beaches along the Vistula river Over 1 mln sqm commercial shopping areas Sources: City of Warsaw; World s Safest Cities ranking, SafeAround.com; City of Warsaw,

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